Pro-war Gillard commits to more Afghan war on post-coup day 1 even though the US wants out

Thu, 01/07/10 - Dr Gideon Polya
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The post-Coup Gillard Labor Government claimed that Rudd Labor “had lost its way” but already by Day 1 a pro-war Julia Gillard “has lost her way” big time by committing continued Australian support for the Afghan War when the Obama Administration itself is stating that it wants to start withdrawal in July 2011.

 

Gas can be dirtier than coal but Government & NGOs falsely assert that gas is clean energy

Wed, 23/06/10 - Dr Gideon Polya
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The Australian Labor Government is utterly incorrect in its repeated assertion that “natural gas is clean energy”. This untruth remains formally  uncorrected and is now spreading through society, through media and even into the environment movement, threatening rational attempts to urgently deal with man-made climate change.

And then they came for me - why anti-racist Australians must Vote #1 Green and Put Labor Last

Mon, 10/05/10 - Dr Gideon Polya
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The Apartheid Labor Party has already crossed what is a line in the sand...it has passed laws and adopted policies that specifically exclude Northern Territory Indigenous Australians from the protection of the 1975 Racial Discrimination Act.

Correcting the Australian Government - natural gas is NOT “clean energy”

Sun, 07/02/10 - Dr Gideon Polya
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On a weight basis, liquid natural gas is twice as dirty as brown coal, high school chemistry tells us.

Top Climate Scientists Opt for Carbon Taxes & Slam ETS

Tue, 06/10/09 - Dr Gideon Polya
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As policy makers prepare to meet in Copenhagen in December to discuss carbon emmissions trading schemes, many Australian and international climate science and economics experts would prefer to see a carbon tax on the table for discussion.

 

3 Reasons Why Older People Should Care About Climate Change Action

Mon, 10/08/09 - Dr Gideon Polya
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It is in older peoples' best interests to insist on a target of 100% renewable energy by 2020. Here are three major ways inaction on climate change will adversely affect us if we don't.